Brian Blessed Quotes About School

Quotes about: School

• I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family. I was an undertakers assistant, then a plasterer, before doing my military service in the RAF. All the while, I was doing amateur dramatics and dreaming of getting a scholarship to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

  Brian Blessed

  Dream, Father, Military

• My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a coal-miners son should go to drama school.

  Brian Blessed

  Drama, School, Son

  "My family values: Brian Blessed". Interview with Chris Hall, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2010.

• My dad was opening fast bowler for Yorkshire's second team and I couldn't believe he could die. He wasn't going to get better for at least six months, so I left school early to become the family breadwinner.

  Brian Blessed

  Dad, Team, Believe

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• I went to drama school but it was very hard to get work until I was made assistant stage manager.

  Brian Blessed

  Drama, School, Assistants

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

• I wasn't good at examinations, but I went to a very good secondary school - Bolton-on-Dearne - with wonderful teachers, who taught me drama and encouraged me in every way.

  Brian Blessed

  Teacher, Drama, School

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